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Amazing Video: Meteorite Narrowly Misses Norwegian Skydiver

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calochortus4/04/2014 7:47:33 pm PDT

re: #194 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window

I was born in 1956, my dad in 1914, and his dad in 1857. My dad’s mom was his father’s second wife, and nearly 30 years younger than he when they married in ‘07.

My dad had an older brother, who died as a young man, and a half-brother whom he met once or twice in the 1930s. I have failed so far in my attempts to track down where this half-bro went. He did get married, but there’s no record of his having kids. Found him in the 1920 and 1930 census, but not in the 1940 census as yet.

There’s a remarkable amount of information out there, although if someone has a common name or lived in a rural area it can be harder to track them. There are draft records and street directories and the like available. Some free, some not. Good luck with the search. My genealogical research is highly sporadic, but I’ve found out a lot over the last few years.